The Hand I Fan With

I’ve never been into skull and crossbone imagery regardless of how popular it may be, whether its printed onto a scarf a la Alexander McQueen or on a belt buckle. I just don’t like it. I guess I just see skull and crossbone items as representing death and I don’t want to cloak myself in such a macabre way. However. After seeing this spectacular piece of hand jewellery by Delfina Delettrez featured in the March issue of Vogue I will have to make this the sole exception. Instant love. I don’t automatically make the “death” connection the same way I do with the skull and crossbones, I just see it as the external representation of the bones inside the hand on which it sits. This isn’t macabre, its just art. This piece of art can be yours for the stonking great price of £23,200 from Dover Street Market. As I don’t have that kind of budget I’ve been thinking about what else it could be made from. Crochet maybe? Wood? Fimo? Ok, so maybe not fimo as I don’t want it to look as amaturish as it will be but surely theres some other cheaper materials that could be used so I don’t have to sell the house to get a similar look. I don’t know how to craft anything apart from fabric and I can’t see that working. I feel an experiment coming on. Any thoughts?